How to Make Layered Salad Recipes

Did you ever learn how to make layered salad recipe. These recipes can be made with vegetables, fruits, a combination of both with multiple other ingredients. The list of choices for a vegetable recipe might be lettuce, onion, cucumbers, tomatoes, pasta, beans, peas, cooked eggs, bacon, chicken, ham, water chestnuts and cheeses; you might also choose to add a little fruit.

When you learn how to make layered salad recipes they might be made of fruits like peaches, pears, strawberries, raspberries, pineapple and bananas; or it might be several layers of fruit gelatin. You might also choose to have layers of whipped cream, sweetened cream cheese, custard or puddings or other sweetened creams. In most ways these resemble what we call a trifle only containing mostly fruits.

The traditional seven layered salad originated here in the southeastern United States and it was the vegetable type. Originally, it was called seven layered pea salad. I still always put peas in mine; to me it is not the same without the peas. I must tell you I do not like the canned peas; only fresh ones steamed and cooled or frozen. Since the original recipe many other choices have been made of ingredients creating many versions.

When you have learned how to make layered salad recipes, you will find they are nice to take to carry in dinners, picnics or any crowd size gathering. They make a beautiful presentation when presented in a pretty clear glass container. Layering the ingredients to make a pretty design of colors to show through the glass is the objective.

I make one of many of my vegetable recipes quite often and I want to offer you my thoughts on these recipes. First, many recipes will list Iceberg and other tender lettuces as the ingredients. I choose to only use Romaine lettuce because I have found it to hold up better. I find the iceberg and others to get too wilted by the time it sets in the refrigerator to blend the flavors.

The flavor; that is the other thing I want to comment on. If I take the salad to a gathering, of course, I like a pretty presentation. I do believe a better flavor is achieved by mixing and blending the ingredients. This is what I do when serving at home; even when taking out it will make a nice presentation if put in a pretty bowl and garnished.

SALAD with LAYERS

How to Make Layered Salads

6 Cups thinly shredded romaine lettuce

1 Cup sliced green onion tops

1 ½ Cup diced celery

½ Red bell pepper thinly sliced

1 Can (8 ounces) water chestnuts, drained

1 Package frozen green peas

2 Cups mayonnaise

2 Teaspoons sugar

1 Teaspoon garlic powder

½ Teaspoon seasoned salt

½ Cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

3 Hard boiled eggs chopped

¾ Pound crisply fried bacon, crumbled

Thoroughly wash, drain and shred lettuce.

Using a 4 quart serving dish, layer lettuce on bottom of dish.

Then spread green onions over top of the lettuce.

Layer celery over top of onions.

Layer red bell pepper over the celery.

Drain water chestnuts, slice thin and layer over the red bell pepper.

Spread the frozen green peas over the water chestnuts.

Spread the mayonnaise evenly over the green peas.

Sprinkle the garlic powder, sugar and seasoned salt over the mayonnaise.

Next sprinkle the parmesan cheese, then the chopped eggs and end with the bacon crumbs on top.

Cover and refrigerate salad overnight.

To serve a layered salad, spoon from bottom up to get some of each layer.

SEVEN LAYER SALAD

This layered salad only has seven layers; when it comes to layering
vegetables for a salad it is easy to find many that will be good in it.

6 Cups chopped lettuce

2 Teaspoons salt

1 Teaspoon pepper

2 Teaspoons sugar

6 Hard boiled eggs sliced

1 Package frozen peas thawed

16 Ounces bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled

2 Cups Shredded Swiss cheese

1 Cup mayonnaise

Mix together salt, pepper and sugar.

Put half of the lettuce in the bottom of a large bowl; sprinkle with half the salt sugar pepper mixture.

Layer egg slices on lettuce and sprinkle with other half of salt sugar pepper mixture.

Next layer the peas, then the other half of lettuce, the bacon and then the cheese.

Spread the mayonnaise over the top covering all the ingredients.

Cover and chill 24 hours; toss before serving.

HOW TO MAKE LAYERED SALAD a gelatin salad recipe

This salad is a little time consuming but very light and good. It also makes a nice presentation.